“ Staring down the reality of war, far from home, asleep among strangers, that familiarity, those memories, those ties kept us going; gave us a reason to persevere; toughened us up. Carlos Wallace
“ [J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that so many different men – and learned men among them – have been and are so inclined to express bot… Christine de Pizan
“ If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so. Lev Grossman
“ When you address and acknowledge unpleasant realities, your creativity begins to soar and you come up with apparently magical solutions to problems. Dr. Dragos
“ The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. J.M. Barrie
